3 fast pasta recipes!

These are my favourite super fast pasta recipes – they can be as a snack or as part of a main meal.

All of these recipes require 200g of cooked pasta and each recipe will only take as long as the time the pasta needs to cook (usually 10-12mins). Cook the pasta as per the instructions on the packet.

I like a little bite in mine so i will cook it al-dente. Add a little salt to the water you cook it in. The salt flavours the pasta but is thrown out with the water. I like to use sea-salt where I can.

Spagetti with pesto (and feta/parmesan)

ingredients

200g of spagetti pasta

2 heaped teaspoons of pesto

65g of feta cheese

Stir the pesto into the freshly cooked pasta making sure it coats all of it.

Then simply stir in the feta cheese and serve.

Ta-da! A very quick and very tasty snack or a side for a main meal.

Fusili with bacon and mascarpone

ingredients

200g of fusili pasta

60g of bacon lardons or pancetta cubes

40g or one heaped tablespoon of mascarpone cheese

Fry the bacon/pancetta until cooked and crispy – usually takes 5-6 minutes

Stir the mascarpone into the freshly cooked pasta making sure it coats all of it.

Then simply stir in the bacon bits and serve.

And there you have another super speedy tasty pasta dish.

Spagetti Carbonara (bacon, mushroom & egg)

ingredients

200g of spagetti pasta

60grams of bacon lardons or pancetta cubes

200g of button or baby mushrooms

2 large eggs

50g of parmasen cheese

Fry the bacon/pancetta until cooked and crispy – usually takes 5-6 minutes

Add the mushrooms and fry for another 5 minutes

Add the pasta to the bacon and mushroom pan.

Whisk the egg and add a little bit of cracked black pepper.

Then simply stir in the egg to the hot pasta and serve.

The steamy hot pasta and bacon will cook the egg as your stir it through.